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Hello and happy Saturday. This week was a good reminder that, yes, actually, our politics can get a little weirder. Maine Democrats nominated for Senate a progressive oyster farmer with a covered-up Nazi tattoo and sexting habit, and MAGA supporters are crying foul that a Republican former reality star failed to advance to the runoff in Los Angeles’ mayoral primary.
In Maine, Graham Platner faced no electoral repercussions for a pair of damaging reports that emerged in the final days of his campaign: The Wall Street Journal reported that the married Platner had been sexting several women, and the New York Times spoke with former girlfriends who described Platner as “volatile,” “toxic,” “demeaning to women,” and even “physically threatening.”
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